Display stands



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7 Claims. (Cl. 211-178) This. invention relates to display stands andresides more particularly in a novel display stand of sheet material,which is foldable so that it can be shipped in fiat collapsed conditionand be erected at the point of use. The new stand may be made of variousmaterials and may be advantageously formed of paperboard by cutting andcreasing operations similar to those used in the production of cartons.When the stand is made of paperboard, it may be printed in attractivecolors and carry advertising material and this feature makes the standdesirable for use on store counters for the display of small articles,such as candy in various forms, books, etc.

The new stand may be made in different forms and a simple exampleincludes a front wall having inner side Walls connected to its sideedges and extending forward therefrom in substantially parallelrelation. An outer wall is attached to the forward edge of each innerside wall and extends to the rear along the outer face of the inner sidewall. The stand carries the articles to be displayed in a plurality ofpockets lying one above another and each pocket is formed of a pair offlaps, which are connected together and partially severed from the frontwall and an inner side wall, respectively. The flaps remain attached tothe walls, from which they were cut, along hinge lines lying at such anangle to each other that, when the stand is erected, the flapsautomatically move out of the planes of their respective walls to form apocket. The pockets are closed at the rear by suitable means, such as arear wall secured adhesively to the rear surface of the front wall.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be made tothe accompanying drawings, in which Fig. l is a plan view of a blank forone form of the new stand;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the back of the stand in collapsed condition;

Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the stand in partially erected condition;

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the erected stand;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a blank for another form of the new stand;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the second form of a stand in partially erectedcondition;

Fig. 8 is a front elevational view of the second form of the standpartly erected;

Fig. 9 is a front elevational view of the second form of the stand inerected condition; and

Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the stand shown in Fig. 9.

The stand in the form illustrated in Fig. 4 is made from a blank 11 ofpaperboard or other suitable material and the blank comprises a frontwall 12, to the side edges of which inner side walls 13, 14 areconnected along hinge lines 15, 16. Outer side Walls 17, 18 areconnected to the inner side walls along hinge lines 19, 29 andsupporting panels 21, 22 are connected to the edges of the outer sidewalls 17, 18 along hinge lines 23, 24.

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The supporting panels are provided with means by which they can beconnected together and, in the blank shown, such means comprise a flap25 secured to the supporting panel 21 along a hinge line 26 and providedwith a hook.

25a at its outer edge and a flap 27 connected to the supporting panel 22along a hinge line 28 and provided witha hook 27a adapted to beinterlocked with hook 25a. A rear wall 29 is attached along a hinge line30 to the lower. edge of the front wall 12 and the rear wall isprovided' with extensions 31, 32 connected to its side edges, alonghinge lines 33, 34, respectively.

The completed stand is provided with a plurality of. pockets arranged ina vertical series and each pocket. is;

defined in part by a flap partially severed from and? hinged to an innerside wall and by a flap partially severed from and hinged to the frontwall. The blank. shown in Fig. 1 is for the production of a stand with.four pockets and each pocket includes a flap 35 of generally triangularform, which is partially severed from. the side wall 13 by a cut 36 andis hinged to the side wall along a hinge line 37. The cut 36 terminatesat one end in the hinge line 15 between the front wall 12 and the sidewall 13 and the hinge line 37 runs from. the inner end of cut 36 in theside wall 13 to an opening. 38, which is bisected by the fold line 15.The flap 35 is connected along the hinge line .15 to a flap 39, which ispartially severed from the front wall 12 by a, cut 40,1 which leadsinward and downward in the wall from the point of intersection of thecut 36 with the hinge line 15', continues across the Wall, and extendsupward to intersect the hinge line 16 between the wall and the innerside. wall 14. T he flap 39 is hinged to the front wall 12 along.

a hinge line 41, which extends from the opening, 38 parallel to thecentral section of the cut 40 to an opening 42, which is intersected bythe hinge line 16. A flap 43,, which is similar to the flap 35, ispartially severed from the inner side wall 14 by a cut 44 extendingdownward. into the wall 14 from the point of intersection of the cut 40with the hinge line 16. At its inner end, the cut 44 meets the inner endof a crease 45, along which the flap 43 is hinged to the inner side wall14. The crease leads from the inner end of the cut 44 to the opening 42.

The other three pockets are formed by flaps 46, 47, 48

corresponding to flap 35, flaps 49, 50, 51 corresponding to flap 39, andflaps 52, 53, 54 corresponding to flap 43.

In the conversion of the blank 11 into a stand, glue is applied tosuitable areas on the rear wall 29 and its extensions 31, 32 and thewall is folded along the hinge line 30 to cause the wall to be securedto the rear face of front Wall 12 and the extensions to be secured tothe rear faces of the inner side walls 13, 14, respectively.

Glue is then applied to suitable areas on the exposed. surfaces of therear wall extensions 31, 32 and the ends of the blank are folded in, sothat the outer side walls are secured to respective extensions.supporting panels 21, 22 extend toward each other with their flaps 25,27 overlapped. The blank in the condition described can then be shippedin flat condition to the point of use where the blank can be convertedto a stand by simple folding operations. Thus, with the blank heldvertical, the hooks 25a, 27a on the supporting panels- 25, 27 areinterlocked and the inner and outer side walls 13, 17 and 14, 18 arefolded forwardly along the hinge lines 15, 23 and 16, 24 until the innerside walls lie parallel. As this folding operation is carried out, thegroups of connected flaps, such as flaps 35, 39, and 43, swing out ofthe planes of the front and inner side walls to form pockets, in whichthe central flaps-of the groups;

namely, flaps 39, 49, 51, lie approximately horizontal and form thebottoms of the pockets. The automatic. movement of the groups of flapsout of the planesof their' respective walls results from the inclinationof the hinge Patented Dec. 22, 1959,

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lines, such as lines 37, 45, along which the outer flaps of each groupare connected to the inner side walls and the openings 38, 42 facilitatethe movement of the groups of flaps out of the planes of their Walls.However, if any group of flaps does not move to effective position uponthe forward folding of the inner side walls 13, 14, such flaps can beforced out of the planes of their walls by the fingers inserted throughopenings 55, 56 distributed along the fold lines 23, 24 and registeringwith openings 57, 58 distributed along fold lines 33, 34.

In the erected stand, the supporting panels 21, 22 lie separated fromthe rear wall and converge toward each other. Also, as will be noted inFig. 2, the lower edges 13a, 14a of the inner side walls 13, 14 lie atangles in the blankto lower edge 12a of the front wall and the loweredges 17a, 18a of the outer side walls 17, 18 and the lower edges 21a,22a of the supporting panels 21, 22 lie at angles to the lower edges13a, 14a of the inner side walls 13, 14. Accordingly, when the stand isin use, the front wall 12 is not vertical, but leans toward the rear, sothat the weight of articles in the pockets acts to cause the stand torest upon the lower edges of the front and side walls and of thesupporting panels and the stand is highly stable.

The blank 59 for the second form of the stand comprises a front wall 60,inner side walls 61, 62 connected to the side edges of the front wallalong hinge lines. 63, 64, and outer side walls 65, 66 connected to theside edges of the inner side walls along hinge lines 67, 68. A rear wall69 is connected to the lower edge of the front wall 60 along a hingeline 70 and the rear wall has lateral extensions 71, 72 connected to theside edges of wall 69 along hinge lines 73, 74. It will be observedthat, in the blank, the hinge lines 63, 64 connecting the front wall 60and the inner side walls 61, 62 converge downwardly and the hinge lines73, 74 connectingthe rear wall 69 and its extensions 71, 72 convergeupwardly.

A flap 75 is partially severed from the inner side wall 61 by a curvedcut 76 and is hinged to the wall along a hinge line 77, which intersectsthe inner end of the cut. The cut 76 extends to the hinge line 63 andthe flap 75 is connected along the hinge line 63 to a flap 78 of similarform, which is partially severed from the front wall 60 by a curved cut79 and is hinged to the wall along a line 80 intersecting the inner endof cut 79. The cuts 76 and 79 meet at the hinge line 63 and the hingelines 77, 80 terminate at curved cuts 81, 82 in the inner side wall 61and the front wall 60 and corresponding in form and purpose to the cuts76, 79. The flap 75 is bisected by a crease line 83 and the flap 78 issimilarly bisected by a crease line 84.

A plurality of pairs of flaps corresponding to flaps 75, 78 are formedin the front wall 60 and the inner side wall 61 and are connected alongthe crease line 63 and simi- 181 pairs of flaps are formed in the frontwall 60 and the inner sidewall 62 and are connected along the creaseline 64. g

' In the conversion of the blank 59 into a stand, the rear wall 69 isfolded along the hinge line 70 and is secured by glue to the rear faceof the front wall 60 with its extensions 71, 72 secured to the rearfaces of the inner side walls 61, 62, respectively. The outer side walls65, 66 are then folded in and secured to the faces of respectiveextensions 71, 72. The collapsed stand can be shipped in flat conditionand can be set up at the point of use by folding the pairs of inner andouter side walls 61, 65 and 62, 66 forwardly on the hinge lines 63, 64,until the inner side walls lie parallel and at right angles to the frontwall 60. As the pairs of inner and outer side walls are thus foldedforwardly, the pairs of flaps 75, 78 are swung out of the planes of thefront and inner side walls because of the inclination of the hingelines, such as the lines.

77, 80. Each pair of connected flaps, when thus swung forwardly, forms apocket, which is closed at the rear 4 partly by the rear wall 69 andpartly by one of the extensions 71, 72 from the wall. In the event thatany pair of connected flaps does not swing out automatically to produceits pocket, it can be forced to effective position by the fingersinserted through openings 83, 84 distributed along the hinge lines 73,74, respectively, and openings 85, 86 formed through the outer sidewalls 65, 66 and registering with openings 83, 84, respectively.

In the erected stand, the outer side walls 65, 66 extend rearwardlybeyond the plane of the rear wall 69 and the weight of the articlesplaced in the pockets acts through the flaps forming the pockets to holdthe inner side walls with their outer side walls connected thereto atright angles to the plane of the connected front and rear walls. As aresult of these features, the stand is stable and cannot be easilytipped over.

The new stand may be used in place of the metal racks commonly employedfor display of merchandise and,

since the stand can be produced from paperboard by simple operations,which can be performed by machine, the

stand is much less expensive than a rack. Also, the stand can be shippedflat and the cost of shipping is less than that for a rack. The standhas a further advantage over the rack in that it can be printed inattractive colors and has areas of substantial size on which advertisingmaterial can be placed.

I claim:

1. A display stand made of sheet material, which comprises a front wall,inner side walls attached to respective side edges of the front wall andextending forward there flaps being folded forwardly along their hingelines out of the planes of the side and front wall, respectively, and

being connected together along a fold line extending outward and at anangle to the vertical from the line of junction between said side andfront walls.

2. The display stand of claim 1, in which the pockets lie one aboveanother.

3. The display stand of claim 1, which comprises means for closing thepockets at the rear including a rear wall secured to the rear face ofthe front wall with extensions secured to the outer faces of the innerside walls.

4. The display stand of claim 1, in which a supporting panel isconnected along one edge to the rear edge of each outer side wall andthe panels carry means for connecting them together.

5. The display stand of claim 4, in which the means for connecting thesupporting panels together are flaps secured to the other edges of thepanels and provided with interlocking elements.

6. The display stand of claim 1, in which the flap partially severedfrom and hinged to the front wall extends References Cited in the fileof this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,342,313 Stranders June 1, 19201,491,091 Flynn Apr. 22, 1924 1,718,406 Bruce June 25, 1929 2,677,469Ebert May 4, 1954 2,743,021

Glenn Apr. 24, 1956

